Conan’s Corpse Picker

Jiang Xia responded perfunctorily.

I drove the puppet for too long last night, and it consumed a lot of energy.

However, a psychic is different from a ghost.

The consumption of ghost tires can only be recovered by eating ghost peppermint. However, as a living person, a psychic can use "sleep" and other methods to replenish energy in addition to ghost mint.

Now, Jiang Xia has more and more ghosts to raise, so he thinks: Anyway, he doesn't need to drive on the road, so it's better to recover in a less murderous way first.

--sleep.

Jiang Xia entered the hall, found a corner and sat down, hugged the ghosts on the left and right, and continued to doze off.

The original Wutiangou case was a classic case of gaining prestige because of its complicated operation and the combination of metaphysics and science.

But now, the old monk died suddenly by himself, and Jiang Xia is not going to expose his hanging behavior, so there is really no room for reasoning.

Instead of getting involved and not being able to say anything, it is better to leave the battlefield from the beginning and leave the matter to the police.

No matter how bad it is, isn't there a detective next to him?

——Boss, come on!

...

This temple is also within the scope of Tokyo, and it is still the Megure Police Department.

The Mumu Police Department strode into the house, and when they saw Jiang Xia in the corner of the hall, they paused: ...I didn't expect to meet brother Jiang Xia in such a remote area that was almost out of Tokyo. It seems that this case is another It's a murder.

The Mumu Police Department arranged for his men to investigate the scene, and came to find Jiang Xia by himself.

Seeing that Jiang Xia seemed to be sleepy, the Mumu Police Department casually made a joke, trying to cheer him up: "It seems that the temple can't hold back Brother Kudo's wronged soul—why you find a shrine to exorcise evil spirits?"

However, before Jiang Xia could speak, someone suddenly said: "There are no wronged souls in the world, and the police shouldn't believe in such things. Even if there are, it's because your efficiency in solving crimes is too low to bring the murderer to justice—" If you have time to find temples and shrines, why not improve your investigative skills.”

Looking at the police department in a daze, he suddenly had a sense of being criticized by his boss.

He turned around and saw a young man with a serious face.

The man had blond hair, dark skin, facial features and hair color that looked like a foreigner.

Although the other party was younger than him, the Mumu Police Department felt inexplicably suppressed by the aura, and he hesitated: "You are..."

Jiang Xia rubbed her eyes, and briefly introduced: "It's the boss of the detective agency I work for."

As he spoke, he glanced at Toru Amuro.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that the boss's reaction is a bit extreme-the speech of "no wronged souls" seems to be not only said to the Mumu Police Department, but also has something in it.

Jiang Xia looked at his ghosts with a guilty conscience, hesitated for a moment, and ordered them to walk around Toru Amuro.

A few ghosts lined up and floated obediently, even hitting their faces.

Amuro Toru never looked sideways, completely unaware of the existence of ghosts.

Jiang Xia was immediately relieved.

Thinking about it, how could Amuro Toru, such a scientific red boss, think that there will be wronged souls in the world.

...

The police quickly found the young monks for questioning.

Jiang Xia glanced at it, and closed her eyes not too concerned.

He wasn't worried that Xiu Nian would expose the existence of "Wu Tiangou" - no one would believe it, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to find Wu Tiangou.

Moreover, the puppet followed the appearance of Jiang Xia's soul, not this body. That is to say, even if Xiu Nian saw the puppet's face clearly, he still couldn't connect Wu Tiangou with him.

...

Fortunately, it turned out that Xiu Nian was quite calm, and when questioned by the police officer, she didn't reveal any flaws.

With few leads, the police investigation stalled.

Amuro Toru heard about the old case two years ago from the monk, and he vaguely guessed the method used by the murderer in the "Mist Tengou Murder" case.

But today's case, whether it is the cause of death or the situation at the scene, is very different from two years ago, so it cannot be applied.

The Mumu Police Department looked at Jiang Xia in distress, and found that the new brother was lying on the table to catch up on sleep, and he didn't have the slightest intention of getting up to reason. The boss of the new brother also remained silent.

The Mumu Police Department could only sigh, thinking that this case might not be a murder case at all, so it didn't match the business scope of Jiang Xia and his boss.

...

However, when the police planned to close the team, things suddenly took a strange development.

Residents who live at the foot of the mountain sent two photos.

——When they were driving home last night, they passed by here and accidentally saw a strangely shaped bird in the sky, so they took a photo.

After sorting out the photo papers this morning, they discovered that the "strange bird" looked like a man with wings, and that man seemed to be holding another person in his hand.

Because of the dark sky and the distance, the photo is very blurry.

But it is precisely because of this that people are given enough room for imagination.

...

The police officers looked at the blurred human figure in the photo, and suddenly remembered the strange wing prints they observed on the beam on the top of the confinement room during the investigation just now.

Combined with the terrifying legend of "foggy dog" nearby, several timid police officers have begun to worship Buddha secretly.

Then they were reprimanded by the Mumu Police Department, using what Toru Amuro said to him just now: There are no wronged souls in the world, and by analogy, there are no Wutiangu.

...

In the end, the Mumu Police Department could not figure out what happened to the case, so they had to close the team temporarily.

When the police left, the car called by Amuro Toru also arrived.

Jiang Xia followed him into the new car.

Taking a closer look, a new tire was placed in the trunk and back seat of the car. Jiang Xia was even behind and saw a few mousetraps.

He carefully memorized the location of the mousetrap, then turned around and continued to doze off with the ghost in his arms, while the vehicle continued on its way to Izu.

Although Toru Amuro regrets not being able to solve the case, he still has tasks to do.

And at present, the case lacks clues, so it is useless for him to stay.

In addition, the more you stay in that temple, the more something is wrong, people don't want to stay for a long time... The magnetic field must be a problem with the magnetic field.

…………

When he arrived at the place, Jiang Xia was awakened by Amuro Toki again.

Although the temporary boss didn't say it clearly, Jiang Xia always felt that his face was full of "have you been possessed by something", "should I really go to a shrine", "you can't go on like this". Class lines.

But in the end, Toru Amuro stuck to his materialist stance without saying a word.

...

There are many high-end hotels on the seaside of Izu.

But Toru Amuro didn't choose those stores, but chose a homestay near the pottery classroom and stayed on the highest floor.

From here, with a telescope, you can barely see a corner of the courtyard of the potters.

——The target pottery classroom is a model of a store in front and a home in the back. The store is connected to the yard of Kikuemon.

After Amuro entered the hotel room, he drew the curtains, set up the binoculars, and observed secretly for a while, but found nothing wrong.

So he decided to wait until after dark, go in and investigate, and get a general idea of ​​the situation.

The next day, I used the experience coupon to sneak into the pottery classroom, and inquired about the news more targetedly.

...

Unlike Toru Amuro, Jiang Xia doesn't have much enthusiasm for work.

He knew that the "eavesdropping pottery" that Toru Amuro wanted to investigate was actually an oolong—it was just a practice prop for a reserve murderer, not someone targeting the organization.

Even if it targets the organization, it has nothing to do with Jiang Xia, after all, he is just an innocent peripheral member...

Jiang Xia originally planned to continue to catch up on sleep.

But just as he lay down, there was a knock on the door.

——Tosser Amuro gave him a book, "Introduction to Ceramic Art", and I don't know when and where I got it.

"They open pottery classrooms, and they also have the intention of selecting pottery successors-if you show more talent, maybe you will have more opportunities to get in touch."

After Amuro finished speaking, he went back to follow up.

In the room, Jiang Xia held the book in silence for a moment, thinking that Toru Amuro is really a talent who increases the workload of employees.

But, fortunately, although Jiang Xia has never played pottery, she made a lot of things before.

——In those days when there were no ghosts but only shikigami, if you wanted to pile up a puppet that looked a little like a human, you had to do it yourself. Jiang Xia grasped the skills in this area by pinching and pinching.

Although there are many differences between clay and puppet materials in terms of feel and other aspects, the core is definitely not much different.

Jiang Xia thoughtfully flipped through the "Introduction to Ceramic Art", threw the book aside, locked the door and continued to catch up on sleep.